Legal Opinion
In Re Primus
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 30, 1978No. 77-56PublishedCited by 398 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
We consider on this appeal whether a State may punish a member of its Bar who, seeking to further political and ideological goals through associational activity, including litigation, advises a lay person of her legal rights and discloses in a subsequent letter that free legal assistance is available from a nonprofit organization with which the lawyer and her associates are affiliated. Appellant, a member of the Bar of South Carolina, received a public reprimand for writing such a letter. The appeal is opposed by the State Attorney General, on behalf of the Board of Commissioners on…
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